Pair of Rosenthal Decorative Porcelain Plates
View Similar Items
Pair of Rosenthal Decorative Porcelain Plates
About the Item
- Creator:Rosenthal (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Diameter: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1975
- Condition:
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 109541stDibs: LU1025419797192
Rosenthal
While the Rosenthal Porcelain Factory grew from humble decorating roots — as many pottery companies do — it eventually built a list of universally revered designer and artist partners that included Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí. And after securing an enviable position as a top manufacturer of serveware and dominating the porcelain and bone china markets, Rosenthal expanded into furniture production, working with influential designers Verner Panton, Luigi Colani and Günther Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf.
German-born Jewish businessman Philipp Rosenthal founded the company in 1879 in Bavaria. It began as his modest workshop where he painted porcelain and encountered success with porcelain ashtrays. Rosenthal hired the best designers and clay modelers he could find. Adolf Oppel designed figurative Art Nouveau pieces, while Eleonore (Lore) Friedrich-Gronau produced decorative objects, namely her graceful porcelain dancer figurines, for the company.
Dinnerware, though, would be a Rosenthal mainstay. Between 1904 and 1910, Rosenthal produced its renowned dinnerware lines such as Donatello, Darmstadt and Isolde. These were introduced as unornamented white pieces — only later were they given their underglaze designs.
Rosenthal founder Philipp, a Catholic of Jewish ancestry, resigned in 1934 as the company’s president due to pressures owing to discriminatory German laws that took shape during the rise of the Nazi regime. Rosenthal died in 1937, and the family fled to America. The company would not regain its footing until 1950 when Rosenthal’s son, Philip, joined the firm and, in 1958, became chairman and dubbed Germany’s “China King.” At its peak, the company had 10,000 employees.
In the 1950s, Rosenthal’s modernist dinnerware was a significant part of the brand’s offerings, and by 1961 they introduced the famed Rosenthal Studio Line. Although furniture designers and ceramicists would lead the list of individuals working with Rosenthal — among them Tapio Wirkkala, Max Weber and Lisa Larson — the company eventually reached out to fine artists, not only Dalí and Warhol but Sandro Chia and Kenny Scharf. Rosenthal also collaborated with fashion designers Gianni Versace and Donatella Versace.
In a daring move in 1972, the company diversified into furniture, collaborating with some of the giants of mid-century modern design. The revolutionary Sunball chair, an icon of Space Age seating crafted by Selldorf and Ris, was among Rosenthal’s stellar successes in this venture.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Rosenthal ceramics, porcelain, tableware, seating and more.
- Rosenthal Footed Porcelain VaseBy RosenthalLocated in New York, NYAn Art Deco footed porcelain centerpiece by Rosenthal. White porcelain with gold accents. Stamped: Rosenthal Bavaria.Category
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Ceramics
MaterialsCeramic
- Set of Three Rosenthal Porcelain VasesLocated in New York, NYA set of three Rosenthal porcelain vases. Black and white glazed porcelain. Marked Rosenthal underneath. Largest: H:17 W:8 D:4.5 Medium: H:11.25 W:4.5 D:3 Smallest; H:6.75 ...Category
Vintage 1960s German Modern Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
- Set of Three Rosenthal Porcelain VasesLocated in New York, NYSet of three Rosenthal porcelain vases. White glazed porcelain with modernist style details. Signed underneath. Measures: Vase 1: H:8.25 W:5 D:5 Vase 2: H:9.25 W:3 D:2 Vase...Category
Vintage 1960s German Modern Vases
MaterialsPorcelain
- Gio Ponti “Il Diavolo" Decorative MaskBy Gio PontiLocated in New York, NY“Il Diavolo” Gio Ponti large decorative mask for Sabattini. Silver plated. Signed on the bottom.Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSilver
- Pair of Decorative Modernist Table LampsLocated in New York, NYPair of decorative wood-style Modernist lamps with plexi translucent details.Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsMetal
- Decorative Pair of Small Italian Glass Table LampsLocated in New York, NYA decorative pair of small Italian glass lamps. Urn shaped form in white and black glass.Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Table Lamps
MaterialsArt Glass
- Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a Huddling Penguin PairBy RosenthalLocated in Philadelphia, PAA fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine. In the form of a pair of penguins huddling together with one another. Entitled "Pinguinpaar" (Penguin Pair), design no. 693. Designed by Karl Himmelstoss for Rosenthal. Marked to the base with a green Rosenthal maker's mark, two old Rosenthal labels, an A.S. Cooper & Sons Bermuda retail label. There is an impressed mark beneath one of the Rosenthal labels which is likely H.693 for the model number. Simply a wonderful Rosenthal penguin...Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain
- Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a PenguinBy RosenthalLocated in Philadelphia, PAA fine mid-century Rosenthal porcelain figurine. In the form of a penguin. Marked with an impressed H.361 to the base. The design is attributed to Theodor Karner. Simply a wonde...Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain
- Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of a Poodle DogBy RosenthalLocated in Guaynabo, PRThis is a Rosenthal porcelain figurine of a dog. It depicts a hand painted full of details tall poodle standing up with a green belt in his neck. The Rosenthal hallmark is below the ...Category
20th Century German Animal Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain
- Herbert Bayer Art Porcelain Plate Rosenthal Limiterte Kunstreihen, 1982 BauhausBy Rosenthal, Herbert BayerLocated in Nierstein am Rhein, DEAn important rare square Herbert Bayer art porcelain plate "scenery" executed by Rosenthal - Limitierte Kunstreihen, 1982. The clear stylized scenery is composed of a ball, a cone, a...Category
Vintage 1980s German Bauhaus Decorative Art
MaterialsPorcelain
- Herbert Bayer Art Porcelain Plate Rosenthal Limiterte Kunstreihen, 1982 BauhausBy Rosenthal, Herbert BayerLocated in Nierstein am Rhein, DEAn important rare square Herbert Bayer art porcelain plate "scenery" executed by Rosenthal - Limitierte Kunstreihen, 1982. The clear stylized scenery is composed of a ball, a cone, a...Category
Vintage 1980s German Bauhaus Decorative Art
MaterialsPorcelain
- Scotch Terrier Made of Porcelain by RosenthalBy RosenthalLocated in Hamburg, DESmall white Scotch Terrier made of porcelain by Rosenthal. A fine and naturalistic representation of a sitting Scotch Terrier. The porcelain is glazed white and painted in pastel tones.Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
MaterialsPorcelain, Paint
$166 Sale Price20% Off